Home » TDS
Category Archives: TDS
File Validation Utility (FVU) 4.2 and 2.138 – Applicable from 26th April 2014
It’s the start of Tax compliance Season and as with the last 3 quarters, there is a new FVU. NSDL came out with the latest utility on 25th April 2014 late evening
FVU Applicability
| Date Applicable from | FVU Version |
| From 26th April 2014 | 4.2 & 2.138 |
| Till 25th April 2014 | 4.1 & 2.137 |
Through the new FVU the following changes/validations have been brought in place:
NIL Returns
Applicable Forms – 24Q
- A Deductor would now be able to file NIL returns for all years
- Since FVU 4.0, there was a lot of confusion on the filing on NIL returns
- It’s still not clear whether NIL returns need to submitted for other Forms
Unique Acknowledgement Number (UAN)
Applicable Forms – 27Q
- UAN refers to the acknowledgement received on successful filing of Form 15CA
- The new utility now allows a User to key in alphanumeric values from 12 to 15 characters
Validation in the absence of Deductee’s PAN
Applicable Forms – 24Q
- It’s well understood that, in case a Deductee doesn’t have a PAN, TDS needs to be deducted at higher of 20% or applicable rate.
- This point was not being checked till the previous FVU filings.
- Henceforth, the new Utility would now be validating this feature (i.e – If a Deductee does not have a PAN, and if the TDS deducted amount is less than 20%, the FVU would show an error
* Points expressed here are the Author’s interpretation. This cannot substitute Expert advice
File Validation Utility (FVU) 4.1 and 2.137 – Applicable from 04th January 2014
NSDL came out with a new FVU late evening yesterday 02nd January 2014
FVU Applicability
| Date Applicable from | FVU Version |
| From 04th Jan 2014 | 4.1 & 2.137 |
| Till 03rd Jan 2014 | 4.1 & 2.137 and 4.0 & 2.136 |
Points introduced in the new version are:
Deletion of Deductee Record
Applicable Forms – 24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ
- Deletion of Deductee’s records (in Correction Return) is no longer permitted.
- Till the prior FVU versions Deductee records could be deleted, while filing the Correction Return.
- Henceforth a Deductor would be required to modify the particular Deductee details in the Correction return and enter zero against the following fields:
- Amount of payment
- Amount of Deduction
- Amount of Deposit
- Rate of Deduction
- Date of Deduction should be blank
Form 27A
- Form 27A is used for providing summarized information with the Statement of Tax deduction/Tax Collection at source.
- Now on, the Form 27A would be auto generated on creation of the .fvu file
- The new Form27A also contains a barcode (refer file attached)
Date of Tax Deduction and/or Tax Collection
Applicable Forms – 24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ
- Going ahead transactions, on which tax is deducted prior to the filing period, cannot be included in the TDS return.
- Ex – In the Dec 2013 quarter, a Deductor cannot include a TDS deduction entry prior to 01st October 2013
- Earlier there were no restrictions and one could declare transaction related to previous quarter in the subsequent filing quarters
- Now on, a Deductor is required to file a Correction return, if they have any (such) transaction relating to previous filing periods.
Challan/Transfer Voucher validation
Applicable Forms – 24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ
- Challan amount should be more than or equal to total of Tax deducted, interest payments, late filing fees and other amounts.
- i.e – No challan can be submitted with a short payment
- Ex – Assume a scenario as below:
| TDS Amount | 10,000 |
| Interest | 5,000 |
| Other Amount | 4,000 |
| Fees | 1,000 |
| TOTAL | 20,000 |
- In this case, the Challan amount has to be more than/equal to Rs. 20,000
* Points expressed here are the Author’s interpretation. This cannot substitute Expert advice
File Validation Utility (FVU) 4.0 and 2.136 – Applicable from 01st October 2013
NSDL came out with FVU version 4.0 and 2.136 on 25th September 2013.
FVU Applicability
| Date Applicable from | FVU Version |
| From 01st Oct 2013 | 4.0 & 2.136 |
| Till 30th Sept 2013 | 4.0 & 2.136 and3.9 & 2.135 |
Points added/introduced in the new version are:
Nil Challan/ transfer vouchers
Applicable Forms – 24Q, 26Q,27Q, 27EQ
- In case of Nil Challan/ transfer vouchers, it’s now mandatory to update reasons for such non deduction
- Along with entering all the other transaction details one now needs to, also, update either of the following flags “A/B/S/T/Y/Z” in the ‘Reason for Non deduction/Lower deduction’ field
- It needs to be seen how one treats a situation where there are no transactions in a quarter.
Section 194LD
Applicable Forms –27Q
- As per Section 194LD, introduced in the Finance Bill 2013, TDS @ 5% needs to be deducted on interest payments for Rupee denominated bonds issued by the Government of India or any other Indian company.
- TDS would be applicable on all such interest payments made from 01st June 2013 till 31st May 2015
- These payments are made to Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI) and/or Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)
Section 194LC
Applicable Forms –27Q
- Section 194LC covers following payments made to non residents
- Interest (other than interest on securities) and
- Other payments except for salary
- Now onwards only an Indian Company or it’s Branch, may deduct TDS under this section
- Earlier this Section was open to use by all Deductors. Ex – Company, AOP, BOI etc
- It’s still not clear on how Deductors (apart from Company or Branch) deal with payments under this Section
Section 194LC (Correction Statement)
Applicable Forms –27Q
- Pursuant to the change in this FVU, Correction Statement may be filed, only, if there are any changes in the existing Challan or Deductee or in case a new challan has been paid.
- Under the ‘Correction Type’ field, Deductor may only use
- C2 – Correction in Deductor and/or Challan details
- C3 – Change in Deductor, challan, and/or Deductee details
- C9 – Additional Challan payments
- This change is applicable from 2012-2013 onwards
Provisional Receipt Number (PRN)
Applicable Forms –24Q,26Q,27Q,27EQ
- It is now mandatory to mention the PRN for all Regular statements
- PRN from the last filed Regular Statement (for the same Form) needs to be quoted
- Ex – In case a Deductor is filing Form 24Q for quarter ending June 2013, he has to mention the PRN from previous period, would henceforth be required to mention their PRN
Date of Challan Deposit
Applicable Forms –24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ
- Surplus challan payments, from the immediate previous financial year (FY), may now be adjusted against current year dues. Eg – While filing returns for FY 2013-2014, one can use the surplus from the previous FY 2012-2013
- Surplus arising from any year prior to the previous FY cannot be entered
- A Deductor would now be allowed to enter details of surplus payments made in the previous FY
- Excess payments from previous FY occurring on account of Book entry adjustments, would not be allowed
Section 194-IA : TDS on sale of immovable property : Compliance procedure
The Finance Bill 2013 has introduced a new section 194-IA providing for TDS @ 1% to be deducted by purchaser. In case valid PAN of seller is not available , tax deduction will be at higher rate of 20%.
This is applicable w.e.f June 01, 2013 for sale of immovable property ( other than agricultural land ) where consideration is Rs. 50 Lacs and above. The purchaser is exempt from the obligation to obtain TAN, which is otherwise mandatory for all deductors.
CBDT has issued Notification No. 39/2013 on 31st May 2013 amending rules to simplify procedure for complying with provisions of this new section.
Deposit of tax
Any tax deducted under section 194-IA will be
- Deposited within 7 days from the end of month in which tax was deducted
- Deposited by way of Challan-cums-statement in Form 26QB
- Deposited electronically into RBI/SBI or any authorized bank. Director General of income-tax (Systems) will specify formats , standards and procedure for such electronic remittance
TDS Certificate
- TDS Certificate in respect deduction under section 194-IA will be issued by deductor in Form No 16B
- Form 16B has to be issued within 15 days from the due date of depositing tax
- Form 16B will have to be downloaded from income tax web portal
Mandatory Electronic Payment
- NSDL site has already provided a new link “TDS on sale of Property” under ePayment of Taxes to electronically deposit such TDS
- It is mandatory to provide PAN of both transferor and transferee
- Complete address of transferor and transferee is to be given
- About property , complete address, value consideration ,date of agreement and whether payment made in lump sum or installment is also to be provided in the online form
Electronic Payment by deductors not having net-banking facility
- Since Section 194-IA transactions will be one off and deductor may not have net-banking facility, an alternate has been provided.
- The deductor has to fill the information online and then opt for e-tax payment on subsequent date option.
- On completing the form, an acknowledgement will be generated.
- The deductor can then visit a bank branch for payment, provide the acknowledgment number.
- Bank will use TIN web site to retrieve payment information based on the acknowledgement number and then proceed to make electronic payment
What if there is an error in providing PAN details
- Deductor must be very careful in filling up PAN details.
- In case wrong PAN is entered, there is no facility of correcting the same online. The only option available is to approach the Assessing Officer or TDS-CPC
Finance Bill 2013 Amendments : TDS Provisions
Finance Bill 2013 was passed by Lok Sabha on 30-04-2013. The following amendments ( in respect of TDS/TCS Provisions ) were carried out to the original Finance Bill presented on Feb 28,2013
TDS @ 1% on transfer of immovable property- Sec. 194-IA
- The Finance Bill has introduced a new section 194-IA providing for TDS @ 1% to be deducted by transferee. This is applicable for sale of immovable property ( other than agricultural land ) where consideration is Rs. 50 Lacs and above.
- The amendment now exempts transferee from the obligation to obtain TAN, which is otherwise mandatory for all deductors
- With this change, we should also now expect procedural changes related to
- Payment of TDS without TAN
- Issuance of TDS certificate and filing of eTDS statement in the absence of TAN
TDS @ 5% on interest on rupee denominated bonds – Section 194LD
- The amendment has introduced a new section : 194LD
- This new section is applicable on interest payable on rupee denominated bonds issued by Govt. or an Indian company
- Such interest is payable between 01-06-2013 to 31-05-2015
- Such interest is payable to FII or Qualified Foreign Investor
- The rate of TDS will be 5%
- For such transactions, provisions of Section 195/196D will not be applicable
No penal rate of TDS for transactions covered under section 194LC
- Section 194LC covers the following payments made to a non resident person or a foreign provided such payment are taxable in India for the payee.
- Interest except Interest on securities.
- Other sum except salaries.
- The amendment in Section 206AA provides that even if deductee does not have a PAN, tax under section 194LC will be deducted at prescribed rate of 5% and penal rate of 20% will not be applicable
Gold coins covered under Tax Collection at Source
- Effective July 2012 TCS is applicable , if sale consideration of bullion exceeds Rs. 2 lac and part or full consideration is paid in cash. However sale of gold coins weighing 1o grams or less were not considered for the purpose this limit of 2 Lacs
- The amendment now makes even sale of gold coins or other articles weighing 10 grams or less will be subject of provisions of tax collection at source, effective June 1, 2013
Form 16 Part A to be downloaded from TRACES portal
Income-tax department has issued Circular No 04/2013 dated April 17, 2013 in respect of Form 16.
New Form 16
- Revised Form 16 has been notified vide Notification 11/2013 dated 19.02.2013
- Form 16 has two distinct parts
- Part A : contains details of tax deduction and deposit
- Part B : contains details of salary and total income
- Form 16 has to be issued on or before May 31, 2013 in respect of Financial Year 2012-13
Procedure for Issuance
- Form 16A , TDS in respect of other than salaries is to be issued quarterly only by downloading the same from TRACES web site. ( Circular 01/2012)
- There was no such requirement in respect of Form 16
- Now vide Circular 04/2013, a deductor is required to issue
- Part A of Form 16 by downloading the same from TRACES web site
- Part B of Form 16 is to be issued by deductor manually
- Form 16 generated from TRACES will contain unique TDS Certificate Number
- Form 16 by Govt. deductors, who make TDS payment by book entry , is also to be issued by generating and downloading from TRACES
Authentication of Form 16
- Form 16 must be signed manually or using digital signature
Analysis
- Issuing Form 16 will be a challenge for deductors for FY 2012-13, as this involves two distinct parts being issued from two different sources
- Part A will have to be generated and downloaded from TRACES. Part B will have to be prepared manually or using a third party software.
- The deductee should not feel that two different parts are being given
- Software vendors will have to provide utility to merge two Parts created in PDF formats to make it easier for deductors to issue Form 16
Notification 11/2013 : Amendment in TDS Rules
CBDT has issued Notification No 11/2013 dated 19-2-2013 , which is being explained and analysed in this blog.
Furnishing of TDS Statement under digital signature
- Amendment in Rule 31A provides for submission of TDS return electronically under digital signature. It also states furnishing of statement alongwith verification of statement in Form 27A OR Verification through electronic process.
- Currently a very large percentage of TDS statements are filed by visiting TIN facilitation centres and carrying TDS statement in a CD/Pen drive alongwith a signed Form 27A.
- NSDL , has also provided for submission of return online under digital signature , but this requires prior registration.
- We have to wait for new guidelines for online submission under digital signature or verification through electronic process.
Form 26A for Certificate from accountant under section 201
- Under certain conditions, a deductor shall not be deemed to be assessee in default for non deduction of tax at source. One of the conditions is that such deductor will have to produce a certificate from accountant .
- Form 26A has been prescribed for this purpose.
- Director General of Income-tax (System) will specify the procedure , format and standards for furnishing of Form 26A
- We have to wait for new guidelines for submission and verification of Form 26A
New Form 26B for Claim for refund
- If any excess TDS is deposited, the claim for refund now can be filed by the deductor in newly inserted Form 26B.
- This form will have to be submitted electronically under digital signatures.
- Director General of Income-tax (System) will specify the procedure , format and standards for furnishing of Form 26B
Submission of certain details of amounts paid without deduction of tax at source
- Notification 56/2012 dated 31-12-2012 had provided for no deduction of tax at source for certain payments made to banks.
- The amended Rule provides for submission of details of such payments in TDS Statement.
- We have to wait for changes in data structure to be notified by NSDL.
Change in Forms
Changes have been notified in
- TDS/TCS Certificate : Forms 16,16A,27D
- TDS Statements : Forms 24Q,26Q,27Q and 27EQ
- Declarations for payments without TDS/TCS : Form 15G, 15H, 27C
We have to wait for changes in data structure to be notified by NSDL to give effect to this change. Detailed analysis of these changes will be discussed in a separate blog.
